14-year-old boy charged in shooting deaths of his grandparents

Updated 7:08 am, Thursday, October 20, 2016

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Police are seen at a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The couple's 14-year-old grandson is a person of interest in the case.

Police are seen at a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The couple's 14-year-old

A woman speaks with a Chambers County Sheriff's deputy outside a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The woman seen here said she was the female victim's sister.

A woman speaks with a Chambers County Sheriff's deputy outside a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed

Police are seen at a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The couple's 14-year-old grandson is a person of interest in the case.

Police are seen at a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The couple's 14-year-old

A woman speaks with a Chambers County Sheriff's deputy outside a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The woman seen here said she was the female victim's sister.

A woman speaks with a Chambers County Sheriff's deputy outside a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed

Police are seen at a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The couple's 14-year-old grandson is a person of interest in the case.

Police are seen at a home in the 11400 block of Cedar Gully Road in Beach City, Texas on Oct. 19, 2016. A man and woman in their 70s were found murdered in their bed the night before. The couple's 14-year-old

A 14-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of his grandparents who were found fatally shot in their Chambers County home.

Prosecutors will decide whether to charge the teenager as an adult.

A deputy was dispatched to a waterfront home Tuesday in the 11000 block of Cedar Gulley Road in Beach City and found the two adults dead from apparent gunshot wounds, the Chambers County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

On Wednesday the couple, both 72 years old, was identified as Chester and Sandra Bienek, according to KTRK. Public records show the couple moved to Beach City in 1999 and opened a business, Sandra's Gift Shop, in 2009.

"They were both shot with a handgun, we believe. ... There were no signs of forced entry or robbery or anything like that," Sheriff Brian Hawthorne told the TV station.

When the teen was questioned, Hawthorne said, he showed no emotion but seemed "lethargic" and "could not really give us a good account of anything."

The Barbers Hill ISD said in statement, "The grandparents of a Middle School South student were killed in a double homicide at their home."

"Our hearts go out to the family experiencing loss, and we have additional counseling at Middle School South for those in need of such services. ... [T]he best thing that anyone can do at this time is hug your children and grandchildren and tell them you love them," superintendent Greg Poole added.